Legacy of WWII project

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor

    Hitler becomes Chancellor

    Hitler is titled Chancellor so this means he has power over Germany and soon it will turn into a dictatorhsip.
  • German president dies and Hitler becomes leader

    German president dies and Hitler becomes leader

    Hitler becomes the new president of Germany and also the chancellor so this gives him complete power the entirety of germany. This is bad because Hitler has done so much destruction already.
  • German Air Force

    German Air Force

    Hitler had created the German airforce officially on this date and it will later come into play for aerial warfare. This is important because the airforce is a big part of battling in WW2.
  • German invasion of Poland

    German invasion of Poland

    Germany starts WWII by invading poland. This is significant because this is the beginning of the second world war.
  • British bombing of cologne

    British bombing of cologne

    The british bomb germany for the first time and is significant because the war gets turned to germany for the first time
  • Germany invades russia

    Germany invades russia

    Germany invades russia and ends up getting stopped at stalingrad. This is significant because germany now in two things and did not want it to be this big so they begin to fall.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    The japanese imperial army bomb the United States largest military base. Significant because this is mostly why the U.S. had come to join the war
  • U.S. declare war on japan

    U.S. declare war on japan

    After the Pearl Harbor bombing, the U.S. declare war on Japan. This is significant because the U.S. are now in WWII
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March

    The japanese imperial army setup a 65 mile march of 60,000-80,000 prisons of war. This is significant because it was a horrifying event to take place.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    The U.S. and British stop the advancement of the japanese navy fleet. This is significant because we had destroyed the japanese fleet.
  • D Day

    D Day

    Allies launch a air, naval, and land attack on nazi occupied france. There was an american death toll of 4,413.
  • Hitler dies

    Hitler dies

    It becomes clear to Hitler that there is no way out for germany and settles on killing himself. This is significant because germanys leader had died.
  • Germany decides to surrenders

    Germany decides to surrenders

    After realizing they cannot win, Germany surrenders up i's power and loses.
  • Hiroshima atomic bomb

    Hiroshima atomic bomb

    The United States test their first atomic bomb on a rival country, killing about 90,000 people in doing so.
  • Nagasaki bombing

    Nagasaki bombing

    This was the second testing of the atomic bomb being used, this time used on nagasaki killing about 60,000 people.